The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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The quotation that opens T. S. ElliotÆs (1917) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is one from DanteÆs Inferno. The quote suggests that no one ever returns from hell. Because of this, those in hell can speak their mind freely, since it will cost them nothing. This quote is significant to EliotÆs themes and views of the urban city and human interaction, because the speaker in the poem depicts these aspects of human existence as superficial and hellish. This is particularly true with respect to human identity and the search for meaning in existence. EliotÆs constructs his poem as a tour through the city and an evening of social interaction. His speaker invites us at the beginning of the poem to make this journey with him, ôLet us go then, you and I,ö (Eliot, 1917, p. 1). After we have been introduced to the isolation, loneliness, superficiality, and mortality of the city and dull cocktail parties, the speaker informs us that we are at the end of our journey: ôWe have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed
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